Month: March 2018

Shaka Hislop gets heated over Steve Nicol insisting Lionel Messi is a better footballer than Pelé was. Lionel Messi has revealed the reason he no longer gets sick and vomits on the pitch during games: a simple change in his diet. The Barcelona forward admitted in 2014 that it happened to him “all the time” after vomiting

Zinedine Zidane is hopeful that Real Madrid will keep moving up the table and Cristiano Ronaldo will beat Lionel Messi as La Liga’s top scorer after he scored four goals in Sunday’s 6-3 thrashing of Girona. Ronaldo, Salah and Icardi score four, Messi scores his 25th in La Liga, Ajax have some fun and more

The FC crew try to make sense of Jose Mourinho’s criticism of his players after Manchester United’s FA Cup win over Brighton. Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has told Bild he tried to sign Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich. Van Gaal was also scathing of his squad’s refusal to take part in an

Stewart Robson, Peter Walton and Alison Bender debate the use of VAR at the upcoming World Cup, and ask if referees are suitably prepared for it in the Premier League. A group of several hundred Lazio fans protested outside the headquarters of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in Rome on Sunday ahead of their team’s

Goals from Paco Alcácer and Lionel Messi in the first half were enough to take down Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou. Barcelona got their work done early against Athletic Bilbao, taking their foot off the gas in the second half and cruising to a 2-0 win. Barcelona got their work done early against Athletic

Substitute Enes Unal scored twice in the final nine minutes as Villarreal dealt a major blow to Atletico Madrid’s hopes of catching Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a 2-1 victory. Atletico took the lead thanks to a penalty converted by Antoine Griezmann in the 20th minute after the officials ruled the France

Borussia Dortmund were eliminated from the Europa League after a goalless draw in Austria meant RB Salzburg won their quarter-final tie 2-1 on aggregate. Salzburg became the first Austrian side to advance to the Europa League quarterfinals with their 2-1 aggregate win over Dortmund. Peter Stoger admits he left Michy Batshuayi on the bench to

Angel Di Maria scored in the first half and Dani Alves notched his first league goal in the second to defeat Nice 2-1. Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva believes his teammate and compatriot Neymar will stay in the French capital this summer. Speaking after Sunday’s 2-1 win away at Nice in Ligue 1 and questioned

Motherwell held Premiership leaders Celtic to a goalless draw despite playing for more than half the match with 10 men at Fir Park. Cedric Kipre was shown a straight red card by referee Craig Thomson in the 41st minute, having appeared to flick a foot out at Hoops captain Scott Brown, who had pushed the

Naby Keita’s goal and assist helped Leipzig record their first-ever win over Bayern, who saw their 18-match unbeaten streak in all competitions come to an end. Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes congratulated RB Leipzig on a “deserved” 2-1 victory over his side on Sunday. RB Leipzig shook off an early Sandro Wagner goal to collect

Mo Salah set a number of new individual and club achievements with his four goals and assist, as Liverpool battered Watford at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool – Manchester City UEFA Champions League quarterfinal clash will be hard for both teams. Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum says the Reds don’t mind who they get in the quarterfinals